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fore-wítegian

(v.)
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Stephanus . . . wé cweðað on Englisc, Gewuldorbeágod; for ðan ðe hé hæfð þone écan wuldorbeáh, swá swá his nama him forewítegode, Hml. Th. i. 50, 13. Heortan forewítegendra corde presago, Hy. S. 104, 1. Wæs forewítegod praefiguratur, An. Ox. 1541. Add

Linked entry: wítegian

for-rǽdan

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Faerréd (fer-, Ep.) proscripsit, Txts. 89, 1635. Forrǽdde, Wrt. Voc. ii. 68, 36. Iudéisc folc þurh deófles láre hine forrǽdde (fordémde on margin of a later MS.), Wlfst. 17, 19. Hé geþafode þæt hine man tó deáþe forrǽdde, 22, 20. Add

ge-híwodlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
ge-híwodlíce, adv.
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Formally, apparently Ealle naman mǽst teóð genitivum: amicus illius his freónd . . . Hí magon eác sume beón geðeódde datiuo gehíwodlíce : amicus illi est hé is him freónd . . . Sume nimað accussatiuum gehíwodlíce: exosus bella onscuniende gefeoht, Ælfc

Linked entry: -híwodlíce

ge-íwian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-íwian, ge-íwian.
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Take here <b>ge-ýwan</b> in Dict., and add Hé hí gehýt . . . and eft geéwð, Bt. 39, 8; S. 131, 7. Gehíwygiende meditata (meditari indicare, significare, Migne), Germ. 390, 98. Ðá wǽron geiéwde, Past. 195, 18

ge-líman

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Add:, ge-límian Hé ( the conjunction) gelímað þá word, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 258, 12. Gelímed conglutinata. Wrt. Voc. ii. 104, 69: 133, 36. Tósomne gelímed glutinatum, 40, 26. Fugellíme gelímedne visco glutinatam, 81, 57: An. Ox. 3016. Gelímedre conglutinatae

Linked entries: LÍM límian

ge-mundian

(v.)
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Philippus þá crístenan gemundode. Hml, S. 2, 283. Gemunda ( fove ) þá biddendan, Hy. S. 3, 31. Gebide for mé and for míne ungesǽlignysse gemunde, Hml. S. 23 b, 719. Fultumes biddende æt Gode, ꝥ hé hí gemundian sceolde, 25, 337. Add

ge-tácniendlic

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Add: to be shewn, to be indicated Be ge-tácniendlicum tídum Godes weorces de significanda hora operis Dei, R. Ben. 72, 9. symbolical Hí getácnigendlice lác offrodon. pæt gold getácnode þæf hé is sóð cyning, Hml. Th. i. 116, 8

hosp-word

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Sǽde se deófol him hospword and mid manegum tálum hine týnde, ac hé næs gestirod for his leásum tálum, Hml. S. 31, 723. Se Hǽlend ðǽra Iúdéiscra hospword gehýrde. . . . 'Wé oncnáwað þæt þú eart wód,' Hml. Th. ii. 232, 16. Add

níd-niman

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Se biscop eóde tó þǽre cyste and árfullícenýdnimende (neódnymende, v. l. ) hé tóslóh þá locu þǽre cyste, and þǽr genam þá .xii. mancossas accessit ad arcam, et pie violentus claustra arcae comminuit, duodecim aureos tulit, Gr. D. 64, 13. Add

of-stingan

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Hiene mon geceás þý ilcan dæge þe mon Iulianus ofstong (cf. Cóm sum cempa . . . and hyne (Julian) [mid francan] þurhþýddé, Hml. S. 3, 237), Ors. 6, 32 ; S. 286, 26. Hét hé hý mid sweorde ofstingan, Shrn. 143, 12. Add

of-þyrsted

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Add: literal Swá heort wilnað tó wætre, þonne hé wérig byð oþþe ofþyrst, Ps. Th. 41, 1. Utan syllan mete gehingredum and drenc þám ofþyrstum, Wlfst. 119, 7. figurative Se bið ofhingrod and ofðyrst æfter rihtwísnysse, Hml. Th. i. 552, 1

riht-gewittig

(adj.)
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of right wit, reasonable Ꝥ getácnað ꝥ seó rihtgewittuge sáwel siteð on þám líchaman, Gr. D. 245, 22. Hwylc rihtgewittigra manna is tó þon snotor ꝥ hé wylle þá gástas secgan líchamlice? quis sanum sapiens esse spiritus corporeos dixerit?, 305, 2

Linked entry: ge-wittig

scín-lǽce

(adj.)
Grammar
scín-lǽce, scín-lác; adj.
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Þá bróðru þe hé gemétte þǽr mid þám scínlácan (gedwimorlácum, v. l.) fýre bysmrian fratres quos phantastico reperit igne deludi, Gr. D. 124, 10. Ꝥ preóstas hí warnien wyð þá scínlácan híwinga deófla prettes (transformationes dęmonum). Chrd. 7, 25. Add

slaga

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Hé tó þám ylpe cóm, and . . . stung hine æt ðám nafelan ꝥ hí lágon ðǽr bégen heora ǽgðer óðres slaga, Hml. S. 25, 587. Him gewearð ꝥ man funde níwe swurd and níwne slagan (executioner) þǽrtó, Hml. S. 12, 233. Add

wæl-slihta

(n.)
Grammar
wæl-slihta, (?), an; m.
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A murderer Þá stód se árwyrða wer swá gelǽded betwyh þám gewǽpnedum wælslihtum; þá gearn hé sóna mid his geþóhte tó his ágnum wǽpnum háligra gebeda venerandus vir inter crmatos deductus ad sua arma statim cucurrit, Gr. D. 254, 22

Linked entry: slihta

weallian

(v.)
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weallian, to wander.
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Heó weallode wîde dæges and nihtes geond þá muntas and þá dena per montes et valles die noctuque vagabatur, Gr. D. 176, 18. Hé ongan weallian fram þám bróðrum in þá tíde heora gebedes vagari tempore orationis coepit, III, 20. Add

wela

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wela, <b>. II.</b>
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Sume hé bereáfaþ hiora welan swíþe hraþe þæs ðe hí ǽrest gesǽlige weorþaþ, þý lǽs hí for longum gesǽþum hí tó úp áhæbben, and ðonan on oferméttum weorðen quosdam remordet, ne longa felicitate luxurient, Bt. 39, II; F. 228, , 22. Add

wyrt-geard

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Þá gelǽdde hé hine tó þæs wyrtgeardes (-túnes, v.l.) gate eum duxit ad horti aditum, Gr. D. 25, 14. Paulinus onféng þá nytte þæs wyrtgeardes (horti). And þá þá se cyningces áðum gelómlíce eóde in þone wyrtgeard (hortum), 180, 28. Add

sǽ-burh

(n.)

a maritime town

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a maritime town Hé gewunade in *Capharnaum ðæt is sǽ-burug(-caestrae, Rush.) habitavit in Capharnaum maritima (*note on Capharnaum : In ðær byrig Capharnaum is genemned and maritimam cuoeð, forðon ðyú burg is on sǽ), Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 4, 13

Linked entry: sǽ-ceaster

un-witod

(adj.)
Grammar
un-witod, un-wiotod; adj.

Uncertain

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Uncertain Unwuted incertus, Rtl. 6, 5: 106, 15. Wel mon sceal wine healdon on wega gehwylcum; oft mon féreþ feor bí túne, ðǽr him wát freónd unwiotodne (where he cannot look for a friend), Exon. Th. 342, 23; Gn. Ex. 146